Glen Farley has covered the Patriots for The Enterprise since the Raymond Berry regime.

Kolb says he isn't sure of his status

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Glen Farley has covered sports for The Enterprise since 1978. His time on the Patriots beat dates back to the final year of the Raymond Berry regime, 1989. You could say his roots lie in Foxboro. He once won an award for a piece he wrote on the sod
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Glen Farley has covered sports for The Enterprise since 1978. His time on the Patriots beat dates back to the final year of the Raymond Berry regime, 1989. You could say his roots lie in Foxboro. He once won an award for a piece he wrote on the sod at Gillette Stadium.

Speaking in Tempe, Cardinals backup Kevin Kolb said Wednesday he has yet to be told if he'll start for the banged-up John Skelton in Foxboro on Sunday.

The transcript sent by the Cardinals through the Patriots:

­­­Post-Practice Press Conference – Wednesday – 9/12/12

Cardinals Quarterback Kevin Kolb

On if he’s been told that he is starting for sure on Sunday yet:

"No, I have not. I’ll keep it at that."

On if he assumes he is going to start:

"Like I said, I have to prepare like I’m going to be the starter."

On his thoughts on going to New England and taking on a team who is consistently a Super Bowl contender:

"They are obviously where everybody wants to be. They are in the hunt every year for the Super Bowl, if not in it. I think with them our biggest thing is making sure we execute every play, because you can’t give them any mistakes. You can’t give them any turnovers because they capitalize on every one of them. If you go back and look at the last game, the Titans played pretty good. They just had a few turnovers that cost them, or the game would have been a lot closer."

On if this is a good measuring stick for the team to find out how good they are early in the season:

"I think that with the NFL every week is a measuring stick. That’s the way the players and coaches approach it. I know the media and the fans may do it a little bit different. Power rankings and that kind of stuff, that doesn’t mean anything to us, because every team is good and you can get beat on any Sunday."

On how hard it is to prepare for a team they really haven’t seen much of:

"That’s just something that you have to deal with, being that they are on the east coast in the AFC, but we will do plenty of film study and make sure we are ready, and like I said, make sure we don’t have any errors in our execution."

On what Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick does to limit opposing offenses:

"I think he’s just really detail oriented. I think he reads into everything. He’s like a CIA operative. You can’t give him anything because he’s looking at it. He has had success with it, so he’s going to continue to do it. He’s not afraid to give you different looks, change things up completely, whereas maybe some other guys just stick to things they’ve been doing throughout the season."

On working full time with the starters today and how it went:

"It was good. It was nice to be back out there with those guys and have a full practice. It was really crisp today. We felt really good about it. Hopefully we can come back and double it up tomorrow."

On if the Patriots as a team have an aura about them:

"Yes. It’s the opening home game for them as well, so there will be a little bit of that going on. I think with this team, we’ve been through so much. I think we are a pretty resilient crew. I don’t think it’s going to affect us that much."

On what about tight ends can create mismatches and what makes them attractive as a quarterback:

"The plan is to keep them in a base defense, in a base secondary, where you can get those guys on linebackers. The whole league at this level is all about matchups and how can you win your matchup. They find a great way of doing that, and they do unorthodox things. We have to play well defensively this week and make sure we are ready for it."

On if he’s tried to help prepare Ryan Lindley for being one snap away from going in to a game:

"I think last week is a pretty good indication of how fast that can happen. I talked to him after the game last week. He works. He’s in the study room all the time, in the film room, so I’m not concerned about him being ready."

On what it’s like to be the backup and have to come in the game:

"I’m used to curveballs. I’m used to things going on. It was a unique experience, but you just roll with the punches and keep staying ready."

On what it means to him to have the support of teammates like Adrian Wilson and Darnell Dockett:

"It means a lot. Like I said before, the last thing you want to do is lose the respect of your teammates. For them to stand up and say the things that they said, it means the world to me. I’ll do my best and make sure I’m holding up my end of the bargain."

On what he sees from New England defensively that causes problems:

"I think they are really good in their scheme. I think they are very well coached. They don’t make a whole lot of mistakes, so we have to have that same approach. Just stay patient. Don’t get enamored with what they are doing on offense or not necessarily hitting big plays every time. Just stay patient and move the ball down the field and put it in the end zone."

On if it’s hard to stay patient knowing that the Patriots offense most weeks is going to put up some points:

"It can be tough, but I think that that’s why they win a lot of football games, because people get impatient. I think that’s a part of their scheme. They have a lot of faith in, of course, their Hall of Fame quarterback and their offense. It has worked for them, and it worked last week. We’ll try to break that."